Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation Vinyl 2LP DJ Essentials ESP (Essential Sound Productions) was

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Sonic Youth: Daydream Nation Vinyl 2LP DJ Essentials ESP (Essential Sound Productions) wasThis album may be what most critics call the pinnacle of Sonic Youth's career. Daydream Nation was their fifth studio album and the one that found more success than their previous efforts. Recorded in the summer of 1988 at New York's Greene Street basement studio by engineer Nick Sansano, the album was a critical success that earned Sonic Youth substantial acclaim and a major label deal. The band's surrealist lyrics and literary references were